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# TsFile C++ Document

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## Introduction


This directory contains the C++ implementation of TsFile. The C++ version currently supports the query and write functions of TsFile, including time filtering queries.

The source code can be found in the `./src` directory. C/C++ examples are located in the `./examples` directory, and a benchmark for TsFile_cpp can be found in the `./bench_mark` directory. Additionally, a C function wrapper is available in the `./src/cwrapper` directory, which the Python tool relies on.

## How to make contributions

We use `clang-format` to ensure that our C++ code adheres to a consistent set of rules defined in `./clang-format`. This is similar to the Google style.

**Feature List**:

- [ ] Add unit tests for the reader, writer, compression, etc.
- [ ] Add unit tests for the C wrapper.
- [ ] Support multiple data flushes.
- [ ] Support aligned timeseries.
- [ ] Support table description in tsfile.
- [ ] Retrieve all table schemas/names.
- [ ] Implement automatic flush.
- [ ] Support out-of-order data writing.
- [ ] Support TsFile V4. Note: TsFile CPP does not implement support for the table model, therefore there are differences in file output compared to the Java version.

**Bug List**:

- [ ] Flushing without writing after registering a timeseries will cause a core dump.
- [ ] Misalignment in memory may lead to a bus error.

We welcome any bug reports. You can open an issue with a title starting with [CPP] to describe the bug, like: https://github.com/apache/tsfile/issues/94

## Build

### Requirements

```bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y cmake make g++ clang-format
```

To build tsfile, you can run: `bash build.sh`. If you have Maven tools, you can run: `mvn package -P with-cpp clean verify`. Then, you can find the shared object at `./build`.

Before you submit your code to GitHub, please ensure that the `mvn` compilation is correct.

If you compile using MinGW on windows and encounter an error, you can try replacing MinGW with the following version that we have tried without problems:

* GCC 14.2.0 (with **POSIX** threads) + LLVM/Clang/LLD/LLDB 18.1.8 + MinGW-w64 12.0.0 UCRT - release 1
* GCC 12.2.0 + LLVM/Clang/LLD/LLDB 16.0.0 + MinGW-w64 10.0.0 (UCRT) - release 5
* GCC 12.2.0 + LLVM/Clang/LLD/LLDB 16.0.0 + MinGW-w64 10.0.0 (MSVCRT) - release 5
* GCC 11.2.0 + MinGW-w64 10.0.0 (MSVCRT) - release 1

## Use TsFile

You can find examples on how to read and write data in `demo_read.cpp` and `demo_write.cpp` located under `./examples/cpp_examples`. There are also examples under `./examples/c_examples`on how to use a C-style API to read and write data in a C environment. You can run `bash build.sh` under `./examples` to generate an executable output under `./examples/build`.